Staff Correspondent:
Dhaka, Aug-05,
Faced with the mounting Covid-19 cases and hospitalization, the government has imposed restrictions alongside the existing ones on the movement of people and other activities for five days more in an effort to slow the virus transmission.
The Cabinet Division
issued the notification on Thursday which will remain in force from 12 am on
August 5 till 12 am on August 10.
According to the
notification, the industries and factories will remain out of the purview of
the restriction while the domestic flight will be operated following health
guidelines.
On July 22, the
Bangladesh government announced the resumption of the countrywide strict
lockdown from July 23
The nationwide
lockdown, first imposed for 14-days until August 5, has now been extended for
another five days till August 10 amid a surge in the Delta variant of Covid-19
infections across the country.
The government also
asked all concerned to take measures in this regard.
Covid Situation in
Bangladesh
As the Covid infection
rate continues to swell in Bangladesh, the country recorded 241 more deaths in
24 hours till Wednesday morning.
According to a handout
issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 13,817 more people
came out positive with the virus during the period after the test of 49,514
samples.
The fresh numbers have
pushed the country’s death tally to 21,638, with the caseload mounting to
1,309,910.
Meanwhile, the daily
test positivity rate fell slightly to 27.91 % from Tuesday’s 28.58%, while the
World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 5% or below rate.
The recovery rate,
however, rose to 87.12%, and the case fatality remained static at 1.65%
compared to the same period, said the DGHS.
With the vaccination
drive slowly gaining momentum, 216,534 people got their first Sinopharm jab
during the period.
Besides, 11,898, 10,931
and 1,026 people received their second dose of Astrazeneca, Sinopharm and
Moderna vaccines, respectively, during this period.
Bangladesh is planning
to vaccinate one crore people during a special drive from August 7 to 12.
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